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2022년 6월 21일 세계보건기구 사무총장이 코로나19 위기 상황과 취약계층, 의료계 종사자, 노령인구에 대한 백신접종의 중요성 등에 대한 내용을 담은 연설문입니다.

*원문: https://reliefweb.int/report/world/who-director-generals-opening-remarks-member-state-information-session-covid-19-and-other-issues-21-july-2022

Glossary

1	IHR Emergency Committee	국제보건규약 긴급위원회 회의
2	Vaccine Delivery Partnership	백신 조달 파트너십
3	Global COVID-19 Vaccination Strategy	글로벌 코로나19 백신접종 전략(비공식)

Script

Good morning, good afternoon and good evening to all Member States, and thank you for joining us once again.

I have just come from the second meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee, which I convened to consider whether the multi-country outbreak of monkeypox constitutes a public health emergency of international concern.

Of course, we will inform all Member States of the committee’s recommendation and my decision as soon as possible.

Meanwhile, your Secretariat remains totally focused on continuing to support Member States to respond to the global health emergency that I declared two-and-a-half years ago – the COVID-19 pandemic.

As you know, we are now seeing increasing numbers of COVID-19 infections and deaths around the world.

In the past six weeks, the global weekly number of reported cases has almost doubled.

As the virus continues to circulate widely, new and dangerous variants are emerging, including some which reduce the efficacy of vaccines.

In far too much of the world, health and care workers, older people and other populations at high risk of severe disease and death remain unprotected.

Of course, we have made significant progress, and much of the world is far better protected than they were two years ago, with a reduction in deaths and severe disease, giving health and socio-economic systems the space to recover.

Since October 2021, when our COVID-19 vaccination strategy was released, coverage has increased by more than 40% in lower-middle income countries, and by 15% in lower-income countries.

In January 2022, the WHO Secretariat and our partners established the COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery Partnership, which has addressed political, operational and financial bottlenecks in several countries.

The conditions for all countries to achieve high levels of vaccination coverage are now in place, thanks to the hard work of governments, health services and communities.

The pandemic is far from over, but we are now in a very different situation to where we were a year ago, and we have learned a number of important lessons.

One of the most important is that the most effective way to save lives, protect health systems and reopen societies and economies is to vaccinate the right groups first.

Even in some countries that have reached 70% vaccination coverage, if significant numbers of health workers, older people and other at-risk groups remain unvaccinated, deaths will continue, health systems will remain under pressure and the global recovery will be at risk.

That’s why the Secretariat is now launching an update to the Global COVID-19 Vaccination Strategy, to focus our collective action through the end of the year.

The strategy emphasizes for countries, manufacturers, partner institutions, and the public the need to vaccinate the most at-risk groups, including 100% of health and care workers, 100% of older people and 100% of those at highest risk.

We continue to urge all Member States to strive for the target of 70% vaccination coverage, with a focus on targeted vaccination strategies that prioritize the most vulnerable, which is the most effective way to save lives.

To be clear: protection means vaccinating with a primary series of vaccinations, along with booster doses. While new and potentially more effective vaccines are being developed, Member States should use the vaccines that are available now.

The currently available, authorized vaccines provide strong protection against severe disease and death.

That is the single best way to save lives, protect health systems and keep societies and economies open.